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LONGUERUE (Dufour de). DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE...

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[LONGUERUE (Dufour de). DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE ET GEOGRAPHIQUE DE LA FRANCE ancienne et moderne, enrichie de plusieurs cartes géographiques. (Paris, Pralard), 1722. 2 parts in 1 volume in folio, brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). Second edition, the first in 1719 with the name of the author. It is complete with 9 maps drawn by Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville and engraved on copper by Delahaye (Ancient France, Ancient Gaul, France and neighboring countries, Ile de France, Auvergne and neighboring countries, Lyonnais, Netherlands, Lorraine, Switzerland and Savoy), all double-page. Marginal light rings on a few pages, hinges, covers and corners restored. Ex-dono D.C. Fyot de Vaugimois. (see the long notice in Barbier I, 907).